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SigEp returns, offers scholarships

By Taylor Holland Senior Staff Reporter tlholland1@crimson.ua.edu In its first year of eligibility to be reinstated on campus, nearly two years after its suspension from the University, the University’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon is returning.

“Our goal is to be a valued partner in higher

FAST FACTS • The University’s chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon returns to campus after a two-year hiatus.

• SigEp will offer a Balanced Man Program, which allows a no pledging, no hazing fraternity experience.

education with the University of Alabama, our host institution,” said Sean Mittelman, SigEp’s new chapter development services manager. “We want to honor our host institution and the balanced men who attend it.”

The Virginia-based fraternity, with more than 14,800 members nationwide, returns to Tuscaloosa searching for

new members.

“Every fraternity offers a different kind of experience for its members, but we’re here to offer the best,” Mittelman said.

“Students come here to get an education, and our job is to make sure that we complement the experience offered by UA and that our values align with that of the institution.”

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of greek affairs, said that in November 2008, the University’s SigEp chapter admitted to hazing its new members and was closed.

“Since the national fraternity closed the chapter before the University took any disciplinary action, no timeline for their return was established,”

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New lot opens for students

By Brittney Knox Staff Reporter bsknox@crimson.ua.edu

A new lot at 5th Avenue and Campus Drive may alleviate problems some students face when trying to park on campus.

“The lot will hold about 1,200 vehicles during the week and about 180 recreational vehicles for game days,” said Gina Johnson, the University’s associate vice president for auxiliary services.

This is the first UA project constructed on the land formerly belonging to Bryce Hospital. The project, funded mostly by donations through the Crimson Tide Foundation, cost an estimated $4 million.

During the week, Johnson said, the lot is designated for commuter parking. East of 5th Avenue is perimeter parking.

It was necessary to reduce overcrowding in parking lots during the week and accommodate more recreational vehicles on game days, Johnson said.

See PARKING, page 6

FAST FACTS • Located at Campus Drive and 5th Avenue • Holds 1200 cars • Holds 180 RVs on Game Day CW | Drew Hoover Students board the CrimsonRide outside Bidgood Hall. The CrimsonRide has revamped its route system, reducing the total number of routes from eight to four.

How do you feel about the new routes? Tweet #Crimsonride to us at @CWNewsline.

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University loses Strip company clamps down on parking Maea, Doster

By Amanda Bayhi Contributing Writer Maea and Doster Café, former eateries on campus, closed during the summer.

Kristina Hopton-Jones, director of University Dining Service, said Maea closed because the restaurant was

See DINING, page 9

CW | Jerrod Seaton Students parking at locations on The Strip have been getting wheel clamps on their cars.

By Ethan Summers Contributing Writer

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Several people, according to Tony Humphries, an employee with WVUA’s television crew, have received a wheel clamp for parking in University Town Center. A wheel clamp is a metal clamp that parking regulators

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A property-holding company’s parking policy, enforced with wheel clamps and parking tickets, might make students think twice about where and when they park for a night on The Strip.

The company Inland Management owns University Town Center, the shopping center containing The UPS Store, Coldstone, TCBY and eight other businesses, said Don Graham, owner of The UPS Store in the shopping center. Inland Properties also owns Publix and its parking lot.

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place on the wheels of cars to prohibit driving away without calling the regulators, who can exclusively remove the clamps, and paying a fine.

Humphries, who received a wheel clamp himself, said he thought his UA parking permit

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ON CAMPUS UA-produced documentary on Black Panther Party to be screened in Harlem

Works from UAʼs Paul R. Jones Collection exhibited

The documentary film “Lowndes County Freedom Party,” produced by the Center for Public Television and Radio at the University of Alabama, will be screened Saturday, Aug. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Maysles Cinema in Harlem.

The film, directed by Dwight Cammeron, documentary television program director for CPT&R, recalls the efforts of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee to mobilize the African American majority of “Bloody Lowndes” to exercise their political voice by forming a local political party in the face of repression. He traces the roots of the Black Panther Party’s philosophy of selfdetermination and self-defense to rural Lowndes County in Alabama by way of Harlem, New York.

The University of Alabama’s College of Arts and Sciences will present an exhibit of works from the University’s Paul R. Jones Collection of American Art, “Branching Out: Surrounding the Spiral Group,” in the art gallery of the UA Ferguson Center Sept. 7-30.

An opening reception will be held Tuesday, Sept.

14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Register laptops, mobile devices for 2010-2011 academic year Each fall, all laptops and mobile devices registered on the UA system are removed in order to maintain a high level of safety and security across the campus network. On Aug. 4, the wireless registration information was reset to remove students, faculty and staff no longer affiliated with the University from the system. Users who registered on the wireless network within the last 30 days were not dropped. All others will have to re-register.

Faculty, staff and students returning to campus who want to use a laptop or mobile device must complete a simple, onetime registration. Users will be prompted to complete the registration on their first attempt to open a web browser. They must enter their myBama usernames and passwords, accept the user agreement and restart their devices to complete the registration process.

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McCreary said. “We worked with the national fraternity and local alumni to establish the best time to restart the new chapter and Fall 2010 was agreed upon by all parties.”

Mittelman said previous members of the disbanded UA chapter of SigEp are no longer considered members. They will be considered alumni once they graduate.

The fraternity returns offering a Balanced Man Program, which allows students a no pledging, no hazing fraternity experience. Beginning Sept. 15, Mittelman and New Chapter Development Service Manager Beaux Carriere will begin recruiting prospective members. Once students have shown interest in the fraternity, they will go through an interview process with both Mittelman and Carriere.

“Nationally, our fraternity’s goal is to build balanced men,” Carriere said. “We want to start an organization in which we can carry that out.

“We’re committed to a leadership and academic development program that complements the undergraduate experience. Students can be a part of something that makes college life better, not that makes their college life.”

McCreary said the new schol-

arship will be used primarily as a recruitment tool and that they will use the scholarship applicants as their primary pool of potential members.

As of now, the UA chapter of SigEp will not have housing for the first two years of the fraternity’s existence, according to Mittelman.

“We want to take the most talented people, what we consider the top 10 percent of students, and put them in the best facility,” Mittelman said. “Right now we are looking for the talented people. Once everyone understands our Balanced Man Program, and the fraternity is sustainable on its own, then we’ll move into a house on campus.”

During the 2010-2011 school year, SigEp will offer four $1,000 scholarships to UA men who they feel embody the qualities of a sound mind and a sound body. Applicants are not required to join UA’s SigEp chapter and have until Oct. 1 to apply. Those students selected as recipients of the scholarship will be announced in November.

Students interested in joining the new chapter of SigEp should attend an informational meeting once recruitment begins Sept.

15 or contact Carriere at beaux. carriere@sigep.net. Students interested in applying for the Balanced Man Scholarship should visit www.sigep-bms. com or contact Mittelman at sean.mittelman@sigep.net.

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Week of Welcome acclimates students

By Hailey Grace Allen Contributing Writer

Students hurry to escape the rain during Week of Welcomeʟs Plaza Live event. The event saw a good turnout despite the weather. ness of the value of local produce by fostering partnerships between local farmers, the University of Alabama and surrounding communities.�

Although it is not on the WOW schedule, the Farmers’ Market serves to help freshmen become more acclimated to campus and the student-led opportunities it affords. “We are trying to become more integrated in the community,� said Erica Smith, a junior majoring in

interdisciplinary studies who is also the Homegrown Alabama market manager. “The goal of Homegrown Alabama is to educate the community about the value of local produce and to encourage relationships between producers and consumers.�

Today, Homegrown Alabama features locally-grown produce such as flowers, honey, herbs and baked goods. The Farmer’s Market also offers local musicians the opportu-

nity to play on Canterbury’s lawn.

Caleb Goertz, a sophomore transfer student majoring in communicative disorders, said Week of Welcome has been a great experience. “WOW has opened my eyes to a lot of things on campus that I didn’t even know existed,� he said. “It has also given me the opportunity to meet new people and make connections that I will use throughout the year.�

Kristen Robinson, the University’s

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marketing coordinator and a member of the Week of Welcome planning committee, said she’s pleased with this year’s Week of Welcome.

The event has grown substantially since its early days as Bama Blast, a shorter event intended to welcome new students, Robinson said, but the true success of Week of Welcome is that it shares the culture and tradition of the Capstone with a new generation of students.

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The culminating event will last from 5 - 7 p.m. at the outdoor soccer stadium. Students will receive free Full Moon barbecue, and they will also have the opportunity to mingle with the deans of their respective colleges. They are invited to stay for the Alabama vs. Samford women’s soccer game, which begins at 7 p.m. “We hope that Week of Welcome allowed students to become more familiar with the campus,� Kelli Knox-Hall, chair of the planning committee for this year’s Week of Welcome, said. “The goal of WOW was to encourage students to meet new people and help them feel like more a part of the Capstone before classes began.�

Composing the itinerary, she said, is an in-depth procedure. “[Planning Week of Welcome] is a year-long process,� she said. “We essentially start planning as soon as the previous years’ events are finished.�

After the week concludes, the WOW planning committee conducts a survey, and based on the feedback from that survey, tweak old events or add new events to better accommodate students’ needs, Knox-Hall said.

Students said this year’s events were a success. “Week of Welcome has helped me meet hundreds of new people and introduced me to the campus through many creative and exciting events,� said David Burkhalter, a freshman majoring in engineering.

Burkhalter said he attended Plaza Live Sunday night. “There was a good turnout despite the rain,� he said. “Plaza Live was a fun and relaxed experience. The whole week has been awesome.�

The Homegrown Alabama Farmers’ Market falls within Week of Welcome as well, as it is held every Thursday on the lawn of Canterbury Episcopal Church on the University’s campus.

According to its website, tuscaloosafarmersmarket.com, “Homegrown Alabama is a student-led organization that seeks to increase aware-

OPINIONS

Computer geniuses don’t just ‘tech chatter’

By Debra Flax

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Thursday, August 19, 2010 Editor • Tray Smith letters@cw.ua.edu Page 4

{ YOUR VIEW } WEB COMMENTS “Good grief….let the man paint! My parentʼs own probably almost every painting Daniel Moore has done for Bama and will continue to do so, as long as he is allowed. Canʼt they just agree on some kind of royalties or something??

I donʼt know what we would do, if we couldnʼt buy Daniel Mooreʼs incredible paintings, as history happens!!!!!

Hope it all works out for everyone!”

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Islam: Why all the hate?

By Sean Randall America is a country filled with stubborn people holding on tightly to their opinions. Many hold on so dearly to their own opinions, they consider people with opposing views stupid, wrong and bigoted.

Republicans versus Democrats. Liberals versus Tea Partiers. Devout versus atheist.

Conservative Christians versus homosexuals.

All of these disparities can be seen in America today, though some more than others. But the one that has seemed to grow and grow into an out of control monster is “Patriotic Americans” versus Muslims.

Now, I would venture to say every American over the age of 5 knows about the root of the problem people have with Islam — Sept. 11, 2001. A group of 19 terrorists aligning themselves with the radical, militant Islamic group al-Qaeda took control of four commercial jet airliners and brought about the most devastating attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor.

Since then, as other Muslims like Major Hasan at Fort Hood have committed acts of violence, Americans have become instantly, and with growing intensity, distrustful of the followers of Islam.

It’s coming to the point where Muslims in America have to jump through hoops just to assure peo-

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it and what it’s symbolizing.

America, we really need to take a step or two back and breathe.

Relax and think about all of this calmly. Most every major religion has done some pretty distasteful things in their history. Small groups of radicals have tainted the names of many movements, both spiritual and secular. That doesn’t mean we should hold all accountable to those radical few.

Denying basic American rights to people based on religious affiliations is far more insulting to the memories of those who lost their lives that fateful day than a religiously associated community center in Manhattan.

Islam is insulting, but strip clubs, bars and betting houses are okay? All of these things are standing around the “hallowed ground” of Ground Zero that people seem so desperate to protect from insults to morality. Strange that the very things so many decry as immoral are perfectly okay in the face of anything associated to a religion our founders died to protect.

We have a problem in America right now. It isn’t Islam. It’s hate.

Let’s try to calm down and stop the hatred before it gets any more out of control. Let’s not let history repeat its bloody, regrettable chapters.

Sean Randall is the assistant lifestyles editor of The Crimson White.

Friends are crucial to successful college experience

“Hallelujah! Amen, brothBy Devon Morrisette er! Give me my Carbon Tax Cut! Yesterday! Letʼs Human beings are social crearoll! Iʼm done shouting.” tures. Society is built upon the – Brian, in response to “A grand bargain on energy”

ple their religious holiday Eid alFitr is not a celebration of the 9/11 attacks simply because it lands on September 11 this year.

Why is there all this hate?

Nineteen people holding the most radical possible beliefs of a religious system committed an egregious and horrible crime against America almost nine years ago.

Why is it, then, that we’ve associated those 19 people’s beliefs with those of every single member of a religion that claims something to the tune of 1.5 billion people?

Now, I realize that more than 19 Muslims share the same militant beliefs, but the generalization and hate produced from that fraction of the religion is, quite frankly, unAmerican.

Fighting the construction of an Islamic community center (not quite the same as a mosque, friends) at Ground Zero is ridiculous and stifles our founding principle of freedom of religion. The Dove World Outreach Center, the Gainesville, Florida, church that is attempting to host an “International Burn a Quran Day,” seems not only un-American and un-Christian, but horrifically reminiscent of a certain radical German political movement burning books.

Now, I’m all for the right to burn whatever you want (minus arson and murder and the like) in statements of symbolic free speech.

This movement, however, worries me because of the thoughts behind

series of relationships we have, whether they be with classmates, romantic partners, parents or the cashier at the Chevron on University Boulevard. So, our survival is dependent on relationships. We need people regardless of how they fit into our lives and who they are.

Now, I use the word “relationship” liberally. One may not think of their brief interaction with the friendly cashier at the Chevron as much of a relationship compared to a relationship with their friends, but it is. They serve a purpose to us just as we serve one to them.

So am I saying that a relationship between two or more people is supposed to fulfill the needs and desires we have within ourselves? Yes. We have needs and wants that we cannot meet by ourselves so we form relationships with others to have those needs and wants fulfilled.

Now, I’ll never lead you astray in what appears to be tangential, superfluous fluff, so have faith and follow me into the Promised Land and enjoy these words that will, undoubtedly, be the milk and honey to your cerebral cortex. I’ve stated that relationships are what sustain the human existence, but I’ll speak more specifically about what I have found to be one of the most valuable relationships we can have. That is a friendship.

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We need friends who will let us be who we are, who will accept and love us unconditionally.

A good friendship with a good friend can get you through anything good, bad, happy, or sad.

And I believe now is perhaps one of the most crucial periods in our lives to have good friends.

We are becoming adults. We are becoming the people who we will be for the rest of our lives.

Parents tell us to be the best we can be. To do that, we have to know who we are.

If you feel that you cannot be everything you are with your current clique, then it’s high time to find a new one. We need friends who will let us be who we are, who will accept and love us unconditionally. Our personal growth will be forever stifled if people who want to shape us into something we are not surround us.

This is the time to find those people who fulfill us in all the ways we need and desire to be fulfilled. I have fortunately come to these realizations through personal experience with my friends.

It is important to be careful and selective with the people we choose to befriend. We must ask ourselves what we need in a friend. Do we need someone who looks like ourselves? Do we need someone who shares our nonacademic or academic interests?

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Do we need someone who shares our religious beliefs?

I was lucky. I didn’t have to search. My friends fell into my lives and I fell into theirs as if it were predestined.

Find people who will support you. Find people who will feed you when you’re hungry, clothe you when you’re naked, offer you refuge from life’s storms. Find people who’ll loan you money to get your car out of the impound when you don’t have the money.

Find people who’ll drive you to your house that’s two minutes away on foot just so you don’t have to walk at night alone. Find people to sit in the Ferguson Center with and people watch.

Find people to spend hazy summer nights on the couch watching bad movies and stumbling through the internet Find people who will make you a better person. Find someone who you want to make a better person. I pray you won’t be discouraged in your journey to find these people because I have found them for myself.

Devon Morrisette is a sophomore majoring in interdisciplinary studies.

ESC. ESC. ENTER. BACKSPACE. ESC. CTRLALT-DELETE: That’s pretty much my answer to problems I face with my computer. My method has a 1 percent chance of actually fixing the issue and a 98.5 percent chance of making things worse. The other .5 percent is the chance that I beat my computer senseless.

I am not, nor will I ever be, a technologically advanced person of modern society. So naturally it makes perfect sense that I’d start dating one. He knows what C++ language, 404 errors, codecs and bug trackers are. He can design scalable and creative algorithms.

I know that the line and open circle symbol turns on my computer.

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My outlook on the world of computer engineers and developers was starting to settle as I got ready to immerse myself in the imagined pocket protectors, horn-rimmed glasses, cubicle-induced hunches and nonstop tech chatter.

So, my faithful reader, you can understand my hesitation when he asked me to accompany him to a super tech conference he would be speaking at over the summer.

Before graduating with a computer science degree last May, Elliott, my computer boy wonder, worked for a web application and software development company that mainly used Adobe’s rapid application development platform, ColdFusion.

With me?

In July, they ran their 12th annual, four day CFUnited, dubbed the “ideal conference for [ColdFusion] developers to discover the latest in CF/FX/AIR technology.” They shared ideas, listened to colleagues discuss techniques, and made client/project connections.

To explain (and potentially butcher), ColdFusion was originally designed to be an easier way to connect HTML pages to a main database. It’s since become a full platform including, but obviously not limited to, a complete scripting language.

Props if you followed that.

Elliott has tried on numerous occasions to explain what he does as well as what he spoke about at the conference. By the time the glossy-eyed phase of my deer-in-headlights look kicked in, he knew his efforts were futile.

I’d like to take this moment to remind you of my caution in attending an event where over 400 people would actually know what he was talking about.

I walked into the front of the resort where the conference was located and took a deep breath. The view behind the building was breathtaking, the architecture inside was stunning and comfortable, and the staff was extremely hospitable. So far, so good.

Then again, the conference hadn’t started yet.

My outlook on the world of computer engineers and developers was starting to settle as I got ready to immerse myself in the imagined pocket protectors, horn-rimmed glasses, cubicle-induced hunches and nonstop tech chatter.

Stereotypical, yes, but I am the same girl who once cried over not grasping why my wireless wasn’t working all the while ignoring the fact that the wireless switch had been flipped. Yeah, I know computers.

By the time Elliott was getting ready for his first presentation, I had already started to chill out a bit.

But not much. He had been nervous for days and I tried my best to continue telling him that he was going to do just fine despite me not having a clue what exactly he was presenting.

He began speaking and my deer was wandering back into the headlight brightened street as I noticed the people around me enthralled with what he was talking about and nodding in a “I definitely didn’t know that” kind of way.

So it wasn’t just me. Sort of.

As the business part of the conference began closing up for the day, I met a few of Elliott’s associates and friends from previous conferences. It was a sweet bunch made of younger single guys, the married with children kind and the smart but pretty females.

I noticed that the “tech chatter” I feared began to die down. Instead conversation gave way to families, friends, jokes, games and a whole bunch of fun ridiculousness. We sat out behind the resort laughing and talking, even singing and dancing at one point.

Then I even forgot why we were there. I forgot that these were the intimidating people I didn’t want to look dumb in front of. I realized the lack of comfort I felt was only my own fear that I wouldn’t understand and wouldn’t be accepted.

Many of the attendees I spoke to claimed that they would have been lost or even caught dead at a writers’ weekend shindig. “You put the comma where?” one said.

It’s like us to not want to be somewhere new, in a surrounding that’s as unfamiliar as Antarctica. In a way though, it’s what propels us into the next step of our lives. Experiencing the new is what teaches us not only how to learn something we wouldn’t have about how the “other side” works, but also that the “other side” is not as different as we think.

Debra Flax is a junior majoring in journalism. Her column runs on Thursdays.

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Students plan alcohol awareness campaign

By Katherine Martin Contributing Writer

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A group of 18 advertising and public relations students from the University were selected to pilot the LessThanUThink Campaign, a student-led campaign based on the idea that students will not change their views on overconsumption of alcohol until they are aware of what constitutes overconsumption.

LessThanUThink looks to increase awareness about the undesired situations and consequences overconsumption of alcohol can bring, as well as increase the number of students who will consider moderating their drinking patterns, according to a press release.

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“Everyone who parked with us last year had the opportunity to request a space, and it was based on their priority points through Tide Pride,” she said.

“They ranked the order of the lot that they wanted, very similar to [the process for] room selection, and that is how they were assigned.”

However, the lot must be cleared by 5 p.m. on Fridays before game days, so RVs can begin parking there at 6 p.m.

Due to the lot increasing the volume of traffic, Johnson said the need for a new stoplight at 5th Avenue and Campus Drive

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gave him access to the lot.

“I parked here two nights, nothing happened,” Humphries said.

“Thursday night, it’s like boom. My car and about seven others were booted.”

Humphries said he thought the booting was suspicious and

• The LessThanUThink campaign is a student-led campaign to increase awareness of overconsumption • The Century Council granted $75,000 for lessthanuthink.com • LessThanUThink placed in the 2009 American Advertising Competition

The Century Council, a leader in the fight against drunk driving and underage drinking, granted $75,000 to the project to cover all aspects of the campaign, including advertising, on-campus

initiatives, bar initiates, personnel costs and testing and evaluation costs, according to the release.

The University was selected as one of four schools nationwide to apply its award-

was necessary.

“The light is at the entrance to the parking lot, and the University is waiting on the city to help decide when to change it from flashing to operational, so students should definitely watch for that change,” she said. “This should help improve the traffic flow on campus.”

Nursing students and those who visit the Student Recreation Center will particularly benefit from the added parking spaces.

“The lot is also convenient with the opening of the nursing school… Before, there was limited parking in that area,” she said. “[Nursing students] would be able to park in the new lot if they have that partic-

ular decal and use the Crimson Ride to get to the nursing school.”

George Brown, executive director of the Rec Center, said he’s pleased with the addition, because students can conveniently walk up the hill to the south end of the recreation center.

“We are excited about the lot, and, with it being the first few days of school, we are closely watching to see how it is really going to be used,” he said.

The north and south lots are busy during school hours, he added, and students can also use the new lot after 6 p.m., when it’s not mandatory to park in a designated decal area.

possibly illegal because of his tag and the nature of the regulator.

“When I called the number, an unmarked plain white truck came up,” Humphries said. “I had to pay 50 dollars cash, no debit, no credit, just cash.”

The company managing the parking, Intelligent Parking Systems, was unavailable for comment.

Emily Couch, a UA junior majoring in biology, said she has never had a problem with the parking situation.

“There are signs that are visibly posted everywhere,” Couch said.

Graham said patrons on The Strip are costing the owners of the shopping center.

“The problem is that we pay for it, and they want to park here and go to restaurants.”

winning campaign as a local test for a possible nationwide launch.

“The LessThanUThink campaign was the only campaign to both place in the 2009 American Advertising Federation’s National Student Advertising Competition and to receive the grant from The Century Council,” said Amanda Coppock, a senior majoring in public relations and the media relations coordinator for the project.

At the end of the year, The Century Council will choose one campaign to be implemented on campuses nationwide.

Coppock said students applied for the project last semester and will work on it in place of a public relations

campaigns class.

“I felt that I would get so much more experience from something that was actually going to be implemented,” she said.

Allison Cook, a senior majoring in public relations and student coordinator for the campaign, said she joined the group because she wanted real world experience in the public relations field.

“How many students can say they’ve conducted a real fullscale integrated communications campaign for a national client?” Cook said.

“This isn’t just pitching an idea, it’s been given $75,000 to implement every aspect of the campaign,” she said.

The student-run campaign will begin this semester and

is aimed at 18- to 24-year-old college students who consume alcohol.

Coppock said members of the group have decided on Sept. 2 as the day to begin pushing the campaign by putting up flyers and hosting campus-wide events.

“This summer, we’ve been preparing and planning ahead for events in the fall,” she said. “So far, we’ve passed out newsletters to freshmen living in the dorms as part of our soft launch.”

As PR Week Magazine’s top-ranked undergraduate public relations program in the U.S. for the second year in a row, the release stated, the college prides itself on providing unique opportunities for students.

SGA uses summer lull to plan for fall

By William Evans Senior Staff Reporter wjevans@crimson.ua.edu As student activities diminished on campus for the summer, the SGA was provided with some downtime to prepare for the fall semester.

In an e-mailed statement, SGA President James Fowler said the SGA focused on designing projects capable of benefiting all students.

“Our main objective was to lay the groundwork for the many successful projects that will debut this fall, like comprehensive constitutional reform and the upcoming gubernatorial debate,”

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Fowler said.

“As we transition to the fall semester, we will also continue increasing communication and engagement with student organizations to maximize the potential of the SGA to leave an indelible mark on our campus.”

SGA Chief of Staff Meg McCrummen said the projects designed over the summer

were done with the student body in mind.

“Our SGA actively made significant progress on a host of projects and reforms over the summer,” McCrummen said in an e-mail statement. “From constitutional reform to the High Tide Club, SGA worked hard to make sure that we are ready to serve students the moment they step on campus.”

According to an e-mailed document that lists the summer projects: • Adjustments to the University’s transit system: The SGA and Parking and Transportation Services conducted surveys of student opinion on the transit system’s effectiveness. Further surveys will be conducted in the fall, and potential improvements will be recorded and presented to Transportation Services.

• Football ticket sale: Depending on the sale day on which they participated, most students who applied for football tickets this summer received their chosen package. Another sale of tickets will be made available on Aug. 31 beginning at 7 a.m.

In addition, away game tickets will be available to buy during the second week of the fall semester.

• Handicap accessibility: The SGA crafted a map that locates the handicap entrances, police phones, curb cuts and handicap parking spots on campus.

• Suit drive: The SGA, the Career Center and the Dean of Students Office are conducting a suit drive for first-generation students in need of suits for interviews. Suits will be collected over several months and then distributed to students in need.

• Mentoring for first-generation students: Proposed by the Dean of Students Office and SGA Student Affairs, mentors will encourage first-generation students to get involved on campus and will help them decide which student organizations might interest them most.

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• Bryant-Denny expansion seating: The SGA created the High Tide Club.

Membership to HTC costs $10, and the benefits of membership include the reservation of seating in the upper deck, the reservation of Gate 30 for HTC members only, a free shirt and concession giveaways and the opportunity to receive a book scholarship for members who attend every game.

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University offers vastly different dorm experiences

By Amanda Sams Senior Staff Reporter alsams1@crimson.ua.edu As throngs of incoming freshmen move on campus, it is essential to consider what these students are looking for in their first “homes away from home” at the Capstone.

Do students want roommates, a convenient location or simply a shower they don’t have to share with 100 girls?

The differences among residence halls at the University accommodate student preferences regarding amenities, convenience and budget. The Ridgecrest, Riverside and Lakeside communities feature fully furnished apartment-style living spaces but require a longer walk to classes. Tutwiler, on the other hand, sits in the heart of campus but contains smaller, shared rooms and community bathrooms. Of course, these options represent a wide price range, as well.

“We want to offer students the most choice and economy to control their living situation.

The variety of buildings in different styles and price ranges is a strength of our campus,” Alicia Browne, associate director for information and communication in housing and residential communities, said.

Browne said that, while some students prefer actual apartments, others enjoy traditional dormitories, which foster a sense of community in the common areas. Housing registration at the University transitioned two years ago to a system where students can choose their housing assignments for themselves online in order to maximize options and fit individual needs.

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underutilized, though it opened after surveys showed students would be interested in a sit-down dining facility.

“It ended up that Maea was a great place for small private parties, but the concept did not work as we had thought,” Hopton-Jones said.

A Buffalo Phil’s Express, open from 5 p.m. until 2 a.m., will replace Maea.

“Students liked [Lakeside] Diner that was in this space originally, so we are bringing it back with a new twist on the original concept,” Hopton-Jones said.

A student-created Facebook page emerged in August 2009 promoting a boycott of Maea. Within a week, the page had 1,000 members. The description on the page states that students refused to eat at Maea because it did not accept meal plans, and they missed the food at Lakeside Diner and its convenient operating hours.

Hopton-Jones said the University could possibly place an eatery similar to Maea on campus in the future.

“We will conduct another large market research program next year to find out what the students want and respond to their requests,” she said.

Margo Smith, a freshman majoring in marketing, said she plans to eat at Buffalo Phil’s Express. Smith said she doesn’t know what to expect, because

“No one will know better than the student and his or her parent what works best for them,” explains Browne. “We are not making decisions on where students will live. They have that power now.”

The freedom to select a room and move around as necessary until right before school starts makes the current registration method popular among students.

“It’s very freeing to know that the University is looking out for my needs and will allow me to go online and better my living situation if needed,” says Abby Turnbough, a sophomore majoring in marketing.

Honors students still enjoy early registration privileges to the housing communities that they are eligible for, but they are not allowed to register for non-honors dorms until other students can also apply.

“Students who want any kind of living learning community get to go online a month early and choose first for that community,” Browne said.

“However, a common misconception is that these students can go in early and pick to live anywhere. They don’t get to go ahead of non-honors student who perhaps want Tutwiler or Burke, which puts everyone on an even footing.”

Many honors students feel it is fair that they are allowed to register a month early to ensure that there is space in a particular community.

“Early registration is fair because the Honor’s Program is nationally known, and there are incentives for the people who participate,” Adrienne Gates, a freshman majoring in chemical engineering, said.

Others see early registrashe has never eaten at a Buffalo Phil’s, but she hopes it will serve good food.

“I get tired of the food in Lakeside sometimes,” she said.

Melanie Woodward, a freshman majoring in psychology, also said she’s looking forward to the new Buffalo Phil’s.

“It offers more variety of places on campus to eat,” Woodward said.

Doster Café closed after the spring semester because programs in the College of Human Environmental Sciences (the building in which Doster was located) are growing, and the college needed more classroom space, Hopton-Jones said. The University has no current plans to open any restaurants similar to Doster Café on campus, she added.

“We would like to have a venue in that area of campus sometime in the future if a suitable location is identified,” she said.

Garrett Martin, a sophomore majoring in computer science, said he has noticed a lot of fast food chains on campus, such as the ones in the Ferguson Center and the recently opened Lloyd facilities, and, in a way, he considers losing Doster the death of a small business.

“I thought it was a nice, small southern kitchen,” he said.

Hopton-Jones said all the workers from Doster Café and Maea are now at different locations on campus.

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Comparing total building space and value.

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Current Value 9,205,466 14,158,477

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tion as unfair, because students who are ineligible do not have the same opportunity to find space in their preferred housing.

“I think it is both fair and

unfair,” Cory Harrison, a senior majoring in philosophy, said.

“It’s great that they are encouraging students to achieve more with early registration in the Honor’s Program. It is unfair

though, because not all dorms are created equal, and ‘leftover’ students end up in the ‘leftover’ dorms.”

This year, freshmen will occupy Ridgecrest, Tutwiler,

Somervile, Paty, Parker Adams and Harris. If students do not like these arrangements, housing reopens for those who wish to change their living arrangements for the second semester.

Candidate fakes Saban photo The Associated Press BESSEMER, Ala. — A candidate for Bessemer mayor, Dorothy Davidson, used a fake photo of herself with Alabama coach Nick Saban and a false claim that Saban had endorsed her candidacy.

When the fake photo came in question, Davidson at first claimed it was legitimate, then admitted it had been altered, The Birmingham News reported. She said the Saban endorsement was accurate, but that also unraveled Wednesday when her campaign manager, Kevin Morris, said there was no official endorsment and that he was responsible for the falsified photo.

“I lied,” Morris told the News.

“She didn’t do anything wrong.”

Davidson and Morris didn’t returned phone calls seeking comment from The Associated Press.

Morris, 35, told the News he stepped down Wednesday as campaign manager for Davidson.

He said he misled her into thinking that Saban had OK’d altering the phtograph, which showed Saban and his wife, Terry Saban. The altered image showed the Alabama coach with Davidson.

Bessemer Councilwoman Dorothy Davidsonʼs flyer for her mayoral campaign shows a faked photo of her pictured with Alabama football coach Nick Saban and claims Saban is endorsing her candidacy.

The Birmingham News reports Wednesday that Davidson admitted the photo wasnʼt real after initially claiming it was.

But the newspaper says Davidson continues to claim Saban really did endorse her, even though university officials deny he did any such thing.

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By Jordan Staggs Senior Staff Reporter Jlstaggs1@crimson.ua.edu Students returning to Tuscaloosa after

summer break might be surprised to find quite a few changes to their beloved Strip.

Several businesses have closed, opened or changed during the scorching months since school got out in May.

Don’t worry: student favorites such as Buffalo Phil’s and The Crimson Café are still going strong, and a few new establishments have made their homes on The Strip as well.

TCBY In January, Strip Teas and Coffee, located on the corner of University Boulevard and Campus Drive, became The Strip’s first casualty, due to issues with their landlord.

Just weeks ago, a TCBY frozen yogurt bar opened at the location.

“TCBY is awesome,” said Karson Brooks, a sophomore majoring in chemistry.

“Me and my friends absolutely love going there. We always kind of go crazy with the toppings, which kind of costs a lot in the end. But it’s Jaelyn Wicks, a freshman in pre-law, picks out a flavor at the new TCBY located on The Strip. definitely a new favorite.”

Qdoba Mexican Grill and Quiznos Subs Other businesses to recently close on The Strip include Qdoba Mexican Grill and Quiznos Subs, both of which went under

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from economic issues, according to The Tuscaloosa News. Quiznos in Midtown Village also closed. Moe’s Southwest Grill will replace Qdboa, and Hungry Howie’s Pizza and Subs recently announced they will open a third store in the old Quiznos location on The Strip.

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Quiznos Subs, located on The Strip, recently closed for financial reasons.

There are a few other newcomers to The Strip, including the growing pizza joint Little Italy, which opened this spring.

Also making a new home on The Strip is Tuscaloosa’s third Smoothie King juice bar. The new store opened Wednesday in the recently completed SoHo condominiums building between BP and what was formerly The Jupiter.

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The Jupiter, one of the cityʼs most popular bars, has undergone renovation and a name change.

The Dixie Speaking of The Jupiter, yet another change is coming to University Boulevard. The iconic Tuscaloosa bar/club has been undergoing some serious remodeling and will fully reopen as The Dixie to

welcome students back to T-Town. To some, the change is new and exciting, while others are more skeptical of The Jupiter’s evolution.

“I don’t know how long it’s been The Jupiter, but everyone knows where we are without changing the name of the bar,” said Colin

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“I am a little disappointed at the seemingly constant shift of business,” he said. “In a city that seems to thrive on things that are tradition, the constant and nonstop evolution of The Strip just seems out of place to me.”

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By Jessica Kelly Contributing Writer Amid the constantly changing Tuscaloosa bar and restaurant scene, students may notice the addition of a new down-home, southern-style restaurant called Carmelo Café.

Over the summer break, the restaurant opened for business downtown at 405 23rd Ave. in Temerson Square, the former location of Mexican restaurant La Fiesta Brava.

Jason Williams, general manager and owner, and Billy Kistler, executive chef and owner, were both employees of Milagros before deciding to open their own restaurant in the downtown area.

“We wanted it to be downtown because it’s close to the University and because of all of the new growth in the area,” Kistler said. “You kind of limit yourself if you’re not in a central location. When you’re downtown with other bars and restaurants, it becomes more of a night-out destination.”

Williams chose the name Carmelo Café in reference to the University.

“A Carmelo tomato is a tomato crimson in color, the color of Alabama, and we just put two and two together,” he said.

Carmelo Cafe is open for lunch from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. and for Sunday brunch from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Beginning Aug. 25, Carmelo

Café will serve alcohol and be open for dinner.

“Our main clientele is businessmen and businesswomen looking for a quick lunch,” Williams said, though the café should also appeal to students because the menu items are affordable.

“Our average ticket for lunch is right around $8,” Williams said. “I’d say our price range is right around $5 to $10 for lunch.”

Kistler said all the food at Carmelo Café is fresh, and he never uses canned food.

“It’s about treating the food with respect instead of just throwing it into a pan with salt and pepper,” he said.

The best thing about Carmelo Cafe’s menu is the style of the

food itself – a twist on southern food, Kistler said.

“It’s a chance to actually go out to eat and eat what you want to eat and taste the creativity of a trained chef,” he said.

Nina Hollenbeck, a senior majoring in marine science and biology, said she enjoys working as a server at the restaurant.

“I love our really cool bosses, and I love blues,” Hollenbeck said. “It’s my favorite genre of music, and it plays nonstop. Plus they usually feed me after work so that’s awesome, too.”

She said University students will enjoy dining at Carmelo Café.

“It’s great prices, great food and great music,” Hollenbeck said.

CW|Sara Beth Colburn Carmelo Cafe recently opened in Temerson Square. Customers can order a variety of menu items from fried green tomatos to fish tacos.

Sneed, Sparrow and the Ghost to play Bama Vocalists Stuart Bond and Rachel Roberts, along with drummer Reed Watson, play a set in the Greensboro Room at the Bama Theatre before a film for the Lunafest film festival/acoustic night on Tuesday March 9.

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By SoRelle Wyckoff Contributing Writer Most musicians release a record with the help of an investment, a producer and a lot of money. Singer/songwriter Dylan Sneed is taking a different approach.

A grassroots effort, his new album “Texodus” is now in the hands of the fans. “Fans are releasing the record,” Sneed said, elaborating on how his fans play such an important role in the album. Through donation friends and fans funded “Texodus,” and Sneed is now looking to them for help releasing the album.

This Thursday, Sneed will be playing at Acoustic Night at the Bama Theatre with Tuscaloosa natives, Sparrow and the Ghost. Doors will open at 7 p.m. with a $5 cover charge.

Through social media outlets like Facebook and Twitter, the fans have had a large role in the success of “Texodus” so far. Using Facebook events and wall posts, word of Sneed’s music is beginning to spread.

When asked to describe his music, Sneed struggled for a term.

“I’d like to be known as a songwriter,” he said.

The simplicity of good lyrics and acoustic guitar is the combination that Sneed uses for his music.

“I go on tour 99 percent of the time alone, and when there’s not a band backing you up, your songs have to be good,” Sneed said.

Sneed had his first guitar lesson at the age of 14, and it was “the first time something clicked” for him. Writing lyrics went hand in hand with learning the guitar. Sneed admits that at first he thought that writing lyrics was “just something you did when you played the guitar.”

Later realizing the talent he had with songwriting, Sneed began to pursue music as a career. Doing shows like “Battle of the Bands” and small concerts, Sneed’s music career began to take off. Since then, Sneed has moved from Texas and taken to the road.

His appreciation for his fans is apparent.

“The real success of a show hinges on the relationship between me and the audience,” Sneed said. “Looking for an environment where I can be vulnerable and the people listening can open themselves up allows us to connect.”

Dylan Sneed and Sparrow and the Ghost have never played together before, but the two make a likely pair, both crediting traditional songwriters and musicians as an influence.

Stuart Bond and Rachael Roberts make up the male/ female duo of Sparrow and the Ghost. Both appreciative of classic music, they inflect their own spin on blues, country and folk.

Sparrow and the Ghost are regulars at the Bama, said David Allgood, manager of the Bama Theatre.

This Thursday “is just another really good show we’re going to have,” he said.

Allgood credits Acoustic Night at the Bama with provid-

ing the Tuscaloosa community with the only listening room in Tuscaloosa.

Acoustic night at the Bama is open to all ages and provides an opportunity for the Tuscaloosa community to come together in appreciation of the arts. Allgood said that music free from the bar scene is hard to find, and Acoustic Night at the Bama offers music without that in the background.

“It’s not a bar, but we have one,” Allgood said. “And it’s not a pickup joint, but you can do that too.”

IF YOU GO ...

• What: Acoustic Night featuring Dylan Sneed and Sparrow and the Ghost • Where: Bama Theatre

• When: 7 p.m.

• How much: $5

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‘Schmucks’ brings the laughs

By Carter Glascock Contributing Writer “Dinner for Schmucks” is the second Americanized remake in 2010 of a fairly recent, acclaimed, overseas comedy (the first being the American remake of “Death at a Funeral” starring Chris Rock and Martin Lawrence).

While reading descriptions of the movie and seeing the word “remake” mentioned, red flags began shooting up in my mind. Granted, I have never seen Francis Veber’s “The Dinner Game,” the French film upon which the film is based, but I was fully expecting the film to be an attempt at a half-cooked, underwritten pilfering of the source material’s original charm.

Thankfully, the producers exceeded my expectations.

The film is filled with dozens of talented comedians working around a solid script that gives them enough breathing room to get extremely ridiculous but not to the detriment of the plot.

The screenplay, by David Guion and Michael Handelman, focuses much of its energy on the events leading up to the titular dinner, and these moments are kept funny by the cast and Jay Roach’s tight direction.

No stranger to film comedy, Roach has also directed all of the “Austin Powers” and “Meet the Parents” movies, and his experience in what makes film comedy work is really on display here.

Much of the humor in the script concerns the physical presence of the crazy characters, and the cast pulls this off with aplomb. The leads, Paul Rudd and Steve Carrell, continue to demonstrate the hilarious chemistry they have with each other that was last seen in “The 40 Year Old Virgin.” Rudd is probably the best straight man in comedy today and, while it is amusing

LIFESTYLES in brief Corey Smith show relocated to Caponeʼs

The Corey Smith performance originally scheduled for tonight at The Dixie will instead take place at Capone’s 4th & 23rd in Temerson Square.

Doors will open at 8 p.m. Only twenty-seven advance tickets remain available for $15 at dixieonthestrip.com.

The Dixie opening is postponed for undisclosed reasons until a date yet to be determined.

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Barry (Steve Carell) shows Tim (Paul Rudd) his version of The Last Supper. will go see “Schmucks” with the suspicion (or perhaps the hope) that he is playing a dumber variation of that character. And while that’s true Runtime: 163 minutes to a degree, watching Carrell turn seemingly normal situaMPAA rating: R tions into completely humiliating social nightmares is still a CW critic’s rating: treat to watch; no one does it better than him. His character, Barry, is less a “schmuck” than he is a walking, talking disaster for every single second he is in the film, culmiBottom line: Some will nating perhaps in a riotous find its frantic stupidity brunch Rudd must have with grating, but “Dinner’s” foreign investors for his job. great cast nonetheless The rest of the cast, though provides much for the not given enough screen time in some cases, also delivers audience to laugh about. the funnies. Zach Galifianakis continues his film hot streak to watch him be annoyed by as Barry’s hilariously controlyour Seann William Scotts or ling boss, Therman.

“The Daily Show” continues your Jason Segels, it is much more satisfying watching him to supply the big screen with its hysterical correspondents, endure a pro like Carrell.

To state the obvious, most this time Larry Wilmore and fans of Steve Carrell are fans Kristen Schaal, who is parof his ingenious portrayal of ticularly funny as Rudd’s secthe hyper-moronic Michael retary. While Ron Livingston Scott on NBC’s “The Office.” and Stephanie Szostak are For that reason, many people adequate as Rudd’s jealous

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Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi will face a new charge over her behavior at a beach last month, one that might not surprise viewers of “Jersey Shore” or followers of pop culture: annoying people.

Prosecutors said at a hearing Wednesday that they will add the charge of annoying people on a beach to the two others the MTV reality show cast member faces after her arrest last month on the beach in Seaside Heights, where the show is based.

The newest charge was presented to an attorney for Polizzi just before he entered a plea of not guilty on her behalf to disorderly conduct and creating a public nuisance. He also entered a not guilty plea to the annoyance count.

co-worker and girlfriend, respectively, the funniest member of the supporting cast is, without a doubt, Jermaine Clement.

Clement, known for being half of the New Zealand-based comedy rock band Flight of the Conchords, is outrageously funny as Rudd’s nemesis, Kieran Vollard. His mixture of ridiculous pretentiousness and hippyish promiscuity is genius and enables him to steal every scene he’s in.

As stated, this movie is not for everybody. If your tolerance for goofy pratfalls and slapstick comedy is extremely low, you probably already know to stay away from this one. However, if you are a connoisseur of this type of comedy and are looking for proof that the sub-genre isn’t completely played out, there’s fresh material here that’s worth checking out. Even if it sometimes stretches a little too far, the story is always reigned back in. Subtle, this ain’t. Regardless, “Dinner for Schmucks” is probably the funniest comedy of 2010 so far.

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Coffee retires from NFL, returns to Capstone

By Laura Owens Assistant Sports Editor lkowens@crimson.ua.edu Former Alabama running back Glen Coffee announced Friday he’s retiring from the NFL after only one year and is planning on coming back to Alabama to finish his degree.

After leaving the University following his junior year, Coffee spent one season in San Francisco with the 49ers, but he said his faith has brought him back to Alabama.

“I feel like it’s His will,” Coffee said in an interview with the Mobile PressRegister. “It’s something that I really felt like I shouldn’t have entered the NFL in the first place. I don’t know what call God has for my life, but it wasn’t football. I’ll be happier, not necessarily because I’m without football, but because I’m letting Him do His work.

Whether it was leaving football or leaving something else, another job, it doesn’t matter.

I’ll be happy because I’m following His will.”

While at school, he began to follow Christianity and was baptized during the 2007 season. When he left before his senior year, he only needed six more hours before getting an undergraduate degree in consumer affairs.

Now that he’s coming back to school, he’s keeping the option of studying religion open, perhaps entering into the ministry field.

In his final season with the Crimson Tide, he rushed for 1,383 yards and 10 touchdowns on the team that went 12-2, making it to the team’s first SEC Championship game since 1999.

Head coach Nick Saban said he was surprised by Coffee’s decision to leave the NFL. “Glen was such a warriortype competitor when he was here,” Saban said. “He was a guy that just played fantastic football for us and improved dramatically in the two years he was on the team [under Saban]. He always seemed to

CW File Glen Coffee running in a game against Houston during the 2007 season. The Tide won that game 30-24, and Coffee had 121 yards and one touchdown in the game. be a guy that really loved the game.”

In his only season with the 49ers, he was second in the depth chart behind Frank Gore. He ran for 226 yards on 83 carries.

49ers head coach Mike Singletary said he respected Coffee’s decision and appreciated his honesty.

“I appreciate everything that he’s done for the 49ers and whatever the issues are, I’m not going to go into all of the other stuff,” he said

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Coffee acknowledged people may not understand his decision, but he still felt what he was doing was right.

“True happiness is glorifying God and glorifying Christ,” he said to the Mobile Press-Register. “That’s what true happiness is. ... And for me, that wasn’t the NFL. That wasn’t where I needed to be.”

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Tide gears up for another winning season Saban pleased with team’s intensity

By Jason Galloway Sports Editor crimsonwhitesports@gmail.com After the Alabama football team held practice Monday morning, a few players knew something needed to change.

A group of team members that included quarterback Greg McElroy, linebacker Dont’a Hightower, defensive lineman Marcell Dareus and tight end Preston Dial pulled the team together for a players-only meeting after the Monday practice, the first practice after a scrimmage in which the offense torched the defense through the air.

“We just emphasized on keeping the tempo up to Coach [Nick] Saban’s standards, up to championship standards,” Dial said Monday. “We went out there [Monday], and it was just little things here and there.”

Something must have clicked.

On Tuesday, Saban said it was not difficult to notice the difference between the morning and evening practices during Monday’s two-a-day.

“We’ve had two really good practices, [Monday] night and [Tuesday],” he said after practice Tuesday. “I think the intensity, a little bit of the spirit, is coming back a little bit with the players. I think that Monday morning when we practiced, I was a little disappointed.

“I think the heat, coming off a scrimmage, coming off a day off, probably affected everybody’s focus and ability to sustain what we’re trying to do. I was really pleased that the players bounced back and did very well [Monday] night and also [Tuesday].”

On Tuesday, Saban also said practices this week, and particularly another scrimmage on Saturday, are important in terms of improvement.

“We will have to make some decisions about who we’re going

1 to coach after [Saturday’s] scrimmage,” he said. “I think a lot of guys are getting reps right now, especially in the secondary.”

Walk-ons join team The first day of class also marks the first day extra walkons join the Crimson Tide in fall camp.

“I was a walk-on, actually, for a little while before I earned a scholarship,” Saban said Tuesday of his college career as a safety at Kent State University.

“So, I have a lot of compassion for guys who really want to play, who love the game, who are willing to go out every day and try to get themselves better to see if they have an opportunity to contribute to the team someday.”

One particular walk-on, sophomore safety Will Lowery from Hoover High, played with the first team defense during April’s A-Day game. Lowery is a candidate for the starting free safety position just two years after another walk-on, Rashad Johnson, became an All-SEC performer at that position.

“I think that Will Lowery is obviously a guy that is going to be a contributor to our team in some way this year,” Saban said.

“It could be a fairly significant role. And there are players like

2 that that are out there, and we’d like as many of them to get an opportunity to come to Alabama as we can.”

3 1) Leading the running back through drills, junior Mark Ingram demonstrates how to properly explode through a block.

2) Michael Bowman focuses on catching the ball during tight end drills. Bowman may switch from wide receiver to tight end this season.

3) Ranzell Watkins, a freshman defensive back from Charlotte, NC, catches a pass during a practice session Wednesday.

4) Junior defensive lineman Marcell Dareus receives instructions from coach Bo Davis on fighting through the offensive line during drills on Wednesday. Coach Davis has been with the Crimson Tide since 2007.

Practice notes - Sophomore offensive linemen Chance Warmack and D.J. Fluker ran drills in a group with James Carpenter, William Vlachos and Barrett Jones. Saban said Tuesday that Warmack is among the Tide’s five best offensive linemen right now.

- Safety Robby Green returned Wednesday to practice for the first time this fall Wednesday after having his tonsils removed.

He is ineligible for the 2010 season due to an NCAA violation.

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Teixeira helps Yankees in testy win over Tigers New York Yankees Brett Gardner watches his RBI double off Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Jeremy Bonderman in the fourth inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Wednesday.

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home runs he gave up to Miguel Cabrera in the New York Yankees’ testy 9-5 win over the Mark Teixeira homered and Detroit Tigers on Wednesday Dustin Moseley pitched well night.

Detroit’s Jeremy Bonderman enough to overcome the two

hit Brett Gardner in the leg with his first pitch and umpire crew chief Eric Cooper warned the benches against further trouble.

Gardner’s hard slide into second base at the end of Monday’s game took out Carlos Guillen, who went on the disabled list with a bruised knee. One out after the speedy Gardner was hit, Teixeira made it 2-0.

The warnings, however, didn’t seem to end the hostilities.

With the Yankees leading 9-4, reliever Chad Gaudin hit Cabrera, his first batter, in the back to start the eighth. Tigers manager Jim Leyland came out to argue when Gaudin wasn’t ejected or warned.

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UAB begins life after Joe Webb

By John Zenor The Associated Press Neil Callaway finally feels like his UAB Blazers are on a level playing field with the competition.

The Blazers will open the season at or near the maximum 85 scholarship players, a big improvement for a team that was in the low 60s for Callaway’s first season.

“You think from 63 to 85, that’s an offensive and defensive football team,” the fourth-year coach said. “That’s what we were missing the first two years.

Even last year, you’re 12 short; well, that’s special teams.

“It’s still going to be a challenge. It’s not like we’re going to wave a magic wand and everything’s going to be fine, but it certainly beats the heck out of being short-handed.

I’m looking forward to it.”

What he’s not necessarily looking forward to is life without do-everything quarterback Joe Webb.

David Isabelle and Bryan Ellis battled into preseason camp for the job, but it will be hard to fill Webb’s multiple roles even with 17 returning starters.

The current Minnesota Vikings player accounted for 73 percent of UAB’s offensive production last season and is the first quarterback in NCAA history to log 2,000 yards passing and 1,000 yards rushing in consecutive seasons.

He led the Blazers to their best season under Callaway, going 5-7.

Isabelle has flashed some running ability. He gained 288 yards on the ground as a freshman but only had 39 yards

AP Minnesota Vikings rookies, quarterback Joe Webb, left, and cornerback Chris Cook, head to the practice field during the NFL football team’s training camp which opened Friday, July 30, 2010 in Mankato, Minn. passing, including a touchdown to Webb.

Ellis is a junior who has had injury problems and has only attempted four collegiate passes.

“Isabelle is a lot like Joe. He’s an athletic guy,” Callaway said. “Not as big, not as physical as Joe, but he can run and do some things. Bryan Ellis is more of a passer, not a strong-armed guy but a guy that can make throws. I wouldn’t say he’s a zero running the football, but he’s not a runner like Joe or anything like that.”

The change makes it even more important for the Blazers to finally find a reliable running back. Webb and Isabelle were the team’s top two rushers in 2009.

No. 3 rusher Rashaud Slaughter is gone. Junior college transfer Pat Shed, a two-year starter at East Mississippi Community College, claimed the top spot during camp. Shed joined returnees Daniel Borne and Justin Brooks in the spring.

Webb’s favorite targets, receiver Frantrell Forrest and tight end Jeffery Anderson, are still around. Forrest has led the team in receiving each of the past three seasons.

Four starters return on the offensive line, but center Jake Seitz is gone after starting the past four years. Junior college transfer Darion Smith is expected to take that job.

Beyond the quarterback starter, Big Question No. 2 is will the defense improve? The Blazers have nine starters back from a unit that ranked 114th of 120 FBS teams in allowing 455 yards a game.

“It’s something we talk about and we’re going to make sure we continue to talk about it,” Callaway said. “That’s obviously embarrassing. I do think we have something to prove from a defensive standpoint.

“We are going to be a lot better. Are we going to be a Top 10 defense in the country?

Probably not but we’re going to be a lot better than we’ve been.”

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